Exhumation of Neogene gneiss domes between oblique crustal boundaries in south Karakorum (northwest Himalaya, Pakistan)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 380, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-154

  Maheo G ^a,d   Pecher A ^b   Guillot, S ^a   Rolland, Y ^c   Delacourt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal scale folding; Diapirism; Gneiss domes; Himalaya; Karakorum; Migmatites; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EROSION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TEMPERATURE;

CRUSTAL SCALE FOLDING; DIAPIRISM; GNEISS DOME; HIMALAYAS; KARAKORUM; MIGMATITES; TIBET;

DOMES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; HETEROGENEITY; MAGMATISM; NEOGENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN; XIZANG;

EID: 84870815592     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.141     Document Type: Article

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